The causes of nasal congestion in babies, do mothers understand? 1, the baby’s own breathing channels, such as nostrils, nasal cavity is relatively narrow, so a little secretion or mucous membrane swelling is easy to block. Therefore, babies within half a year old often have nasal sound and nasal congestion. 2, the baby’s immune function is not sound, the body resistance is poor, from the nose invasion of viruses and bacteria easily cause inflammation, resulting in nasal congestion. 3, the change in temperature or dust can also cause nasal congestion. Baby nasal congestion treatment: 1, if the blockage is caused by nasal secretions, use a cotton stick to gently roll the secretions out. If it is a dry secretion, use a warm towel on the nose, the nasal mucosa contracted by heat, the nasal cavity will be more open, the sticky nasal mucus is also easier to hydrate and flow out, which can relieve nasal congestion. However, the baby mother must keep gentle movements when applying hot compresses. 2, infants and children with nasal congestion, put a little salt in warm water, and then use light salt water to clean the baby’s nose, stimulate the nose blood circulation, so that the nose as soon as possible to ventilate. 3, older babies should be told to blow their own nose when there is snot in the nose. To have the correct method of blowing the nose, tightly press one side of the nose and gently blow the secretions from the opposite nasal cavity to reduce nasal congestion. 4, change position: the left side of the nasal congestion to the right, the right side of the nasal congestion to the left, can make the nasal congestion can be reduced. If the baby keeps crying, then the baby can be held upright, which can also achieve the effect of reducing nasal congestion and make the baby fall asleep easily. 5, nasal acupressure: let the older children take a sitting position (infants lying down), with thumb and forefinger rubbing pressure Ying Xiang points (both sides of the nose) for 1 minute, when the nasal cavity has a sense of heat when the breath is through. Do it every 2 to 3 hours, can effectively relieve nasal congestion. In short, when the baby has nasal congestion, the mother should not panic, try to let the baby drink more water, rest more, and put the pillow slightly higher when sleeping to relieve the baby’s nasal congestion. If the above methods fail to improve the symptoms, especially if the nasal congestion is prolonged and even affects the sleep, feeding and mental state, the mother should pay attention to it and suggest to find an ENT doctor for further examination, diagnose the cause early, treat it early and follow the doctor’s instructions, not to use antibiotics indiscriminately.